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OSHA Injury Report: Scenic Mountain Medical Center

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Scenic Mountain Medical Center in 1601 W 11th Place, Big Spring, TX 79720 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was phlebotomist in hospitals, general medical and surgical.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Scenic Mountain Medical Center
Parent company
Steward Family Hospital
Street
1601 W 11th Place
City
Big Spring
State
TX
ZIP
79720
On-site location
Pt room Bed 1 ED

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Drawing a patients blood for blood cultures

What happened

Employee was putting the needle into the sharps container when she was having difficulty getting the vacutainer in the sharp container opening her finger slipped and was struck by the vacutainer.

Injury or illness

Needlestick to left pointer finger

Object or substance involved

Vacutainer from blood culture draw.

Summary line

Puncture Left pointer finger Needlestick

Employee and industry

Job description
Phlebotomist
SOC code
31-9097 — Phlebotomists
NAICS code
622110 — Hospitals, general medical and surgical
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
200
Total hours worked
349953
Establishment ID
821419
Employer case #
9877

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01FEB24:18:18:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.